List of weather disasters of 2014 with a loss of more than one billion US dollars

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This list of weather disasters from 2014 with a loss of more than one billion US dollars names 25 natural disasters for which Aon Benfield has determined a loss of more than one billion US dollars and where the weather was the cause of the damage. Of these 25 natural events, eight are severe weather events such as hail , tornado and storm (excluding tropical cyclones), seven are floods after extensive rainfall and five are the consequences of tropical cyclones. There are also two onset of winter and two droughts. According to these calculations, the total economic damage of all natural disasters in 2014 amounts to 132 billion US dollars and is 37% below the average value of the last ten years. (The number of weather-related natural disasters with a total loss of more than one billion US dollars in 2014 is less significantly below the average for the same period.)

Nine of these weather disasters occurred in the United States ; the evaluation of the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration contains only eight such events, because the NCDC determined the damage amount to less than one billion US dollars in the severe weather disaster from April 12 to 14. Six of the weather-related natural disasters affected parts of the People's Republic of China .

rank event area Period Damage amount
in billions of USD 		Number of victims
1 Floods India and Pakistan 2nd-15th September 2014 18th 648
2 Cyclone Hudhud India 12-14 October 2014 11 68
3 Typhoon Rammasun People's Republic of China 15-20 July 2014 7.2 206
4th drought People's Republic of China summer 5.2 0
5 Onset of winter Japan 8-16 February 2014 5 95
6th flooding especially Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.-21. May 2014 4.5 86
7th drought Brazil all year round 4.3 0
8th storm Midwest, Rocky Mountains, Northeast USA 18.-23. May 2014 4th 0
9 drought Western united states all year round 4th 0
10 storm France, Belgium, Germany 8-10 June 2014 4th 6th
11 Typhoon Kaimaegi Philippines, China, Vietnam 10-16 September 2014 3 31
12 Winter weather / cold snap Eastern states of the USA 1-5 January 2014 3 21st
13 Hurricane Odile Mexico 10-17 September 2014 2.5 5
14th flooding Midwest, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic States of the USA 11-13 August 2014 2 1
15th storm Midwest, Plains, Rocky Mountains 3rd-9th June 2014 1.7 3
16 storm Central states, east coast of the USA April 27–1. May 2014 1.6 39
17th storm Plains, Midwestern, and Southeastern US 2-4 April 2014 1.5 0
18th flooding United Kingdom December 23, 2013–3. January 2014 1.5 0
19th flooding China 10-17 September 2014 1.4 50
20th flooding China 13-18 July 2014 1.25 66
21st storm Southwest USA, Rocky Mountains 27.-30. September 2014 1.25 0
22nd storm Australia November 27, 2014 1.25 0
23 flooding China 24.-28. May 2014 1.2 37
24 Cyclone Ita Australia 10-14 April 2014 1 0
25th storm Great Plains, Midwestern, and Southeastern United States 12-14 April 2014 1 0

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